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Fidel Castro, the Cuban leader, respected in many African Countries, friend to Nelson Mandela who famously proclaimed after his arrest in a failed coup attempt that history would absolve him, has died aged 90. and YES to the Chagrin of US, FIDEL CASTRO will be mourned today. Castro’s brother and the nation’s President of several years, Raul, announced his death… Read More

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Mandela and Fidel: What is not being said

November 26, 2016December 1, 2016 Global AuthorANC, CIA, Cuba, Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, Nelson Mandela, South Africa

THE death of Nelson Mandela has precipitated a torrent of interpretations on his life and work, all of which present him as a disciple of pacifism and a kind of Mother Teresa of South Africa. This is an essentially incorrect, and premeditated, image, promoted to obscure the fact that after the Sharpeville massacre in 1960, the African National Congress (ANC)... Read More

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ICC court so unpopular in Africa Denies Charles Taylor request to serve sentence in an african country

July 20, 2015November 28, 2016 Global AuthorCharles Taylor, ICC

The Special Court for Sierra Leone has denied former Liberian President Charles Taylor's request to serve his 50-year sentence for war crimes in Rwanda, rather than Britain. Taylor was convicted in April 2012 of 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for aiding murderous rebels in Sierra Leone's civil war. . Read More

Chad: Time for justice for victims of Hissène Habré’s regime

July 19, 2015 Global Author

The opening of the trial against former Chadian President, Hissene Habré, in Senegal on Monday will put an end to 25 years of impunity and give hope to the tens of thousands of victims of human rights violations and crimes under international law committed under his watch, said Amnesty International. Habré is being tried by the Extraordinary African Chambers in... Read More

I am an African: Thambo Mbeki

August 26, 2014 Global Author

“I owe my being to the Khoi and the San whose desolate souls haunt the great expanses of the beautiful Cape - they who fell victim to the most merciless genocide our native land has ever seen, they who were first to lose their lives in the struggle to defend our freedom and independence and they who, as a people,... Read More

Fidel Castro: Mandela Is Dead, So Why Hide The Truth About Apartheid?

February 8, 2014 Global AuthorCuba, Fidel Castrol, Mandela, South Africa, USA, USSR

Maybe the empire thought that we would not honor our word when, during days of uncertainty in the past century, we affirmed that even if the USSR were to disappear Cuba would continue struggling. World War II broke out on September 1, 1939 when Nazi-fascist troops invaded Poland and struck like a lightning over the heroic people of the USSR,... Read More

How Madiba influenced the arts

December 16, 2013 Global AuthorDeath Of Mandela, Johannesburg, Madiba, Malawi, Mandela, Maravipost, Qunu, Raphael Tenthani, South Africa

BLANTYRE(MaraPost)--There could hardly be any other contemporary icon from the arts to politics that every author, sculptor, film producer or musician wants to do something about than Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela who died aged 95 on December 5 in the leafy Houghton suburb of Johannesburg and is scheduled to be interred in his homeland on Qunu in the Eastern Cape Sunday.... Read More

Nelson Mandela discharged from hospital

December 27, 2012 Global Author

Nelson Mandela has been discharged after 19 days in hospital during which he was treated for a lung infection and gallstones, the South African government said on Wednesday. "He will undergo home-based high care at his Houghton home until he recovers fully,'' said presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj in a statement. . Read More

Malawi, Tanzania Seek Mediation Over Border Dispute

December 22, 2012 Global Author

As reported on VOANES, Tanzania and Malawi plan to seek mediation from former heads of state in Southern Africa to help resolve a long-running border dispute over Lake Malawi. The lake is believed to have rich oil and gas reserves.Foreign ministers of the two countries are scheduled to meet former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano, chairman of the forum, on Friday... Read More

St. Nelson’s Legacy; Neo-Apartheid and the South African Miners Massacre

August 18, 2012 Global Author

As the legendary life of South African leader Nelson Mandela draws to a close his legacy to his people has been brutally splashed across television screens worldwide showing neo-Apartheid police firing automatic weapons into crowds of striking African miners, killing two score or more and wounding nearly a hundred. Every day crushed, broken and lifeless bodies of Africans are dragged... Read More

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Fidel Castro, Cuba’s longtime revolutionary leader, Friend to Africa Dead at 90